Detachable leaf for books.



No. 818,130. PATENTED APR.1' 7, 1906. M. G. SWAN. DETAOHABLE LEAF FOR BOOKS.

APPLIOATION'FILBD MAY 18, 1905.

Rls Ri R for account-books, from which it W1 UNITED s'rargr s egr'nnr when MILTON e, SWAN, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA DETAQHABLE LEAF FoajBooKss.

N o. 818,130 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed May 18, 1905. Serial No. 260,992.

To all whom it may concern: I per and fabric of parts A and B fitting there:

Be it known that I, MILTON G. SWAN, a I on. The mouth of'each slot Fis at the edges citizen of theUnited States, residing at Lanof the page, so that thecorresponding staple,"- caster, in the county of Lancaster and State D may be slipped in throughthe same'in apof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new plying said page, thence passing around the and useful Improvements in Detachable bend of the slot to its enlarged inner end. Leaves for Books;-and I do hereby declare By preference,- as shown, the two lower slots the following to be a full, clear, andeXact de- F bend upward and the upper slot bends scription of the invention, such as will enable l downward, the former two being first easily others skilled in the art to which it appen! slipped upon the staples and the upper one tains to make and use the same. then similarly applied by slightly bending The object of this invention is to provide the upper art of the paper to bring the detachable leaves for a book, and es ecially mouth of t e slot opposite its staple. This ll often arran ement of slots may, however, be rebeconvenient to remove asingle leaf showing versed or they may all bend the same'way; a certain account for purposes of reference but the arrangement shown is thought to Without disturbing the other leaves or any combine security and convenience better other part of the book. To make this feaslthan any other. For light leaves in small books and for those exposed to little use the stri of fabricB will be a suiiicient reinforce an the plates C may be omitted; but for the sheets of ledgers and the like the plates will be found almost indispensable.

I do not now claim the book-cover E or the ble, it is necessary that each leaf should lie especially protected at the point of attachment without interfering with the facility of attaching and detaching, since without such rotection the edge of the page would soon e torn out and the book would not be durable.. l staples D, they being thesubject-matter of To this end my invention consists in the another application filed herewith.

especial construction of the page, as herein- Having thus described my invention, what after particularly set forth and claimed' I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 ters Patent,.isrepresents aside elevation of a sheet embody- A detachable leaf A, in combination with a ing my invention with the muslin covering reinforcing-strip of fabric B on its inner edge of the upper slot turned back to show the anus. series of metallic plates C between the protecting-plate. Fig. 2 re resents the same said strip and the said leaf, an 'L-sha ed slot in complete form as applie to the cover of a being made through each of the sai plates, book; and Fig. 3 represents a detail view of and the said strip and the leaf opposite the one of the protecting-plates, part of the covsame and extending to the edge thereof and ering, and part of the leaf. being adapted to slip onto a fastening staple 8 5 A designates the leaf as a whole, B a strip or rod, the'saidplates and strip of fabric beof muslin or other fabric secured upon the ining permanently secured together and removner edge of the same to reinforce it, and (l a able from the book a whole substantially series of thin metallic plates interposed beas set forth. tween the muslin strip B and the body of the In testimony whereof I have signed my 0 page A and held firmly in place by the said name to this specification in the presence of fabric. Each of these plates corresponds in two subscribing witnesses. 1 position to one of the staples D of the booki\llli'l(')N G. SNVAN. cover E, on which the leaf is hung. An L- WVitnesses; shaped slot F, having its inner end enlarged, I (inns. E. hose, is made in each plate 0 and through the pal JEANETTE ll. lloxu 

